Components and modifiers of the healthy worker effect: Evidence from three occupational cohorts and implications for industrial compensation

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 1364-1375

  Howe, Geoffrey R ^a,c   Chiarelli, Anna M ^a,c   Lindsay, Joan P ^b  

^a Institut national du cancer du Canada   (Canada)

^b LAB CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic methods; Industry; Neoplasms; Occupations; Workmen's compensation

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FATALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MINING; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; OCCUPATIONS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 0024226703     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115089     Document Type: Article

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